Okay, I just want to make it clear where I'm coming from.
If all you are using is brass/copper, then you can get by without using corrosion inhibitors provided that your water isn't toxic.
I believe that this is all I said before, yet was picked at for saying it.
As a followup, if you live in a hard water area then it would serve you well to filter your water first before putting it in your system, or just buy some distilled water.
I fail to see how that is misleading people, or taking them onto the wrong path.
As a precaution, feel free to use corrosion inhibitors. I highly recommend using about a 5% mix of car radiator corrosion inhibitor, as this also will stop fungal growth, plus it just allows you to "play it safe" in any event.
All I was trying to say was that if you have an all brass/copper system, then given relatively uncontaminated water (Melbourne,Australia tap water for example is quite soft), then corrosion is not much of an issue to be worried about, as evidenced by my testing of such.
I don't believe that I was out to misinform anyone, just to bring back the level of fear a notch or two when people go around showing unprotected Al/Cu disasters, and then causing panic amongst the Brass/Copper crowd.
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